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Re: muchenmoH DISmey



>Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 22:21:15 -0400
>Originator: [email protected]
>From: "R.B Franklin" <[email protected]>

>Fri, 19 May 1995, ghItlh ghunchu'wI':

>> ghItlh yoDtargh:
>> > <jIyInlI'vIS> DajalthlaHbe'.  <jIyIntaHvIs> DajalthnIS.
>> 
>> bIlugh 'e' 'angbej TKD 'ay' loS DoD cha' DoD Hut.
>> 'ach chay' pIm <-lI'> <-taH> je?
>> <jIyInlI'vIS> vIyajchu' 'e' vIHar.

>jIQochbe'.  vIyajchu' je.  'ach Holvam vIchenmoHbe'.  jIpab neH.  <shrug>

HIja'; Hol wIchoHlaHbe'qu' maH.  reH "logic" pabbe' Hol.  Hol pab
wIpabnISqu'.  "-vIS" lo'lu'DI', "-taH" neH wIlo'laH nuja' pabpo''a'
(Okrand), vaj chutvam wIpabnIS.  jaS nuja'pa' "Okrand", lughbe'qu'
"*jIyIlI'vIS."  Do'Ha'.

rurbogh ghu' vIDel.  "I had hoped you would come" vIja' vIneHDI', "logic"
vIpabtaHvIS, "*bIghoS 'e' vItulpu'" vIjatlh, rInmo' "hope" poH.  'ach
lughbe' mu'tlheghvam.  qatlh?  ra'pu'mo' pabpo''a'.  'ay' jav DoD cha' DoD
vaghDaq, ja':

  "In complex sentences of this type [with 'e'], the second verb never
   takes an aspect suffix."

Hujbej!  taQ!  'ach chutna' 'oH chutvam'e'.  Do'Ha'.  wIpabnIS.

>> -- ghunchu'wI'

>yoDtargh


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